Other Planes From There
Advance registration is required.
Demetrius Oliver (AAMP) and Saya Woolfalk (PAFA) will consider the relationship between art and knowledge, and the role of the cosmos in each of their artworks created for Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America. The title is inspired by the Sun Ra album of the name. Tiffany E. Barber, scholar, curator and writer, will moderate the conversation that will question how (or if) art can be a vehicle for democracy and freedom.
Other Planes Of There is part of the Rising Sun Artists & Curators Series presented by the African American Museum in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The series was created, in part, to extract the deeper and more nuanced themes found across the commissioned works and artists ethos and inspiration. It gives the audience an opportunity to learn from and interact with the creative minds behind the arresting and visceral work and is meant to act as a greater catalyst for larger conversation around democracy, freedom of expression, place, personhood, community, and citizenship.
Tickets: $10 - $15.
Registrants for this event are invited to experience PAFA’s installation of Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America before the panel, from 5:00 – 5:50 pm.